killercarewoliva

your first sentence is what I'm talking about. $1 equals $10 today well at $4.50. that's about $45 today. where you going to see that? $45 you're not most box seats around the major leagues I'm guessing is $300 or more. here's what happened. 1976. Andy mesersmith and Kurt flood challenged the reserve clause and they want so a player can't be tied to the same baseball team and some people thought baseball would fail with it becoming a money grab. the players are MoneyGrab people and when the horrible man George stanburner gave Jim catfish Hunter from the Oakland A's $350,000 for one season. of course he took it and that was just the beginning of higher prices that have nothing to do with inflation. by the way, I'm a twins fan because of Harmon killebrew and Tony oliva and rod Carew. these are quality people on and off the field. about 10 years ago. the White Sox commentator Ken harrelson, former second baseman, said the twins are the most respected organization in baseball for the past 50 years. so I've stuck with it but I realize it's a business. I no longer wear if I went to a game. anything identifying the team I like because with the exception of say Byron Buxton everybody's going to play where they get the most money they have no allegiance. this is not high school or college but you know all that stuff. thank you for your message

I thank you for your help but my point just isn't working. maybe it's not working with anybody else either who may have read what I've said. you see I was mentioning Washington and Baltimore. I've been a Minnesota twins fan since 1965. I've only been there once and that was for four games in 1992 so I've never seen the new beautiful stadium in person and never will. I boycott the stadiums all over the country. I won't go to a ball game because of the prices as a whole as a group. I live in the state of Virginia.

absolutely correct. Tom Kelly said for him to become a reliever and he said Mr. Kelly saved his career. he's such a good young man. that means a lot. people will listen to somebody like that

those things are nice and I think I mentioned the $3 game thing but most of the tickets are exorbitant. I mean I looked to see what the prices were just to check up on today's pricing and it's crazy money. there's a lot of seats well over $300. there are seats for $900. there are seats for over. I thought I saw a couple thousand dollar seats but that's in a box with other people. I'm 74 years old sir. I don't expect things to be like when I was 17 but box seat in Washington DC was $4.50. also Baltimore Maryland was $4.50 and in 1991 the price had increased to $12.75. keeping in mind this is the best seat in the house. then 22 years later when the Orioles open the new stadium The price was $15 each year it would go up $5 and the orio's one of the cheapest places to go. let me go the other route. what do you think would be a fair price to sit behind home plate for one game? giving cheap seats is not in that many places that's to get people in the stadium because of the screw-ups that the ownership has done over the years especially the last 2 or 3 years. they still have the best seats at the higher prices. what's the fair price behind home plate? keep in mind that what I just illustrated also includes the rate of inflation and the percentage of increase doesn't keep up with inflation does it? it's like a thousand times more than regular inflation pricing. do you have an issue with a person going out and playing a baseball game and getting half a million dollars to play one ball game? I mean if people are stupid enough to pay that fine right? I know Tori Hunter used to give money for tickets for inner City children because they're not going to get to go otherwise. because baseball has the most games, the most, any ticket should be the best seat in the house. in my opinion, it's right to the right hand side of the umpire behind the plate. $50 football on the 50-yard line down low since there's only 10 games at home. I'd say $300. but I think that's suite now that I recall is $5,000 for one game in Minneapolis. I don't know how many people that is. I was in Denver, Colorado about 20 years ago. well, whenever the stadium open soon after they had waiter service behind home plate and the ticket was $125 national basketball association behind the players. I think that's around $2,000 for one game. I don't care what anybody says. sports cost are insanity and what the players make is insanity and they would have no problem playing for 10% of what they make when they are the type paid players which is 30 million and up for one season. I don't respect that and I don't respect how baseball is run financially with no salary cap and the players will fight for that salary cap, especially Bryce Harper and the right to to make even more than $30 million. they will strike for an entire season and lose $30 million. so maybe pricing can get where people can come. they don't have a lot of money. Calvin Griffith had to give it up because he funded the baseball with just his business. he didn't have a second high-powered business to fall back on.

Abel makes the opening day roster.

I can't say enough good about Mr. Martin. this guy works his butt off so I love to see him in the lineup. he came back last year and did very well and I expect him to do even better this year. when the lineup comes up every game I want to see him in it. then I'm more interested in watching the game actually.

Prielipp has great potential but he has yet to show an earned run average. that's even ready for AAA. Mr. festa also great potential but his and run average is hardly even ready for AAA. look at what it was at the major League level.

Maybe I say Abel is ready.

The thing with SWR is he'll have a few bad games. yes, but then he has these incredibly fantastic outings and they pull him after four innings. looking at September he was the best starting pitcher. the Minnesota twins had. Joe Ryan who had an incredible run average. his arm got tired so is Iran. run average went way up but it was still 3.42. overall, Richardson did not get tired in September. he got better so I look forward to a great season with him this year

very well said.

let's take a look at the players. all of them. anybody watch the MLB channel? they never talk about pricing cuz they're not allowed to. when someone gets a contract for super millions of dollars and it has gotten way out of hand years ago and gets worse then very few people can't afford to go to a game whether the team is winning or not. but you got Hollywood out there in Los Angeles and they can go crazy money over the tax thing and other teams. their whole salaries less than what they pay overage on the tax. players don't you realize when you make $100 million contract people have to pay for that with extraordinarily amounts of money. I don't know how the fan base hasn't just run from the ballparks because the players are really taken advantage of customers that pay them, especially Bryce Harper. this guy it's incredibly bad his attitude. then you've got probably most of the league would play for 20% as much money because that's more the money than they're probably going to make anywhere else and to get to play a game. there has to be some limits and this thing about wanting to change how long you are protected on the team that drafts you just 6 years. they want to change that to 3 years then nobody would be able to compete with the dodgers except three or four teams that needs to be extended to 8 years. we need to make it a feasible product for all to enjoy even the owners and it not be a money grab. you young people just don't understand this because you don't know when I went to ball games under 20 years old box seat was $4.50. this needs to be strongly discussed on the MLB channel and on all sports channels. not wow. look at that $700 million contract for 10 years. this kind of stuff has to stop and at 74 I'll never see another game but I have a big 70 in television and I can't see them all because they are still blacked out two teams and I'm a minimum of 5 hours to get to a ball game yet I'm blacked out in Baltimore and Washington. to slap the face of the fan like that for years now is despicable. instead of this walkout that's going to happen. why don't it be the fan walkout come September when all the races are going on. everybody walk out of the stadium. go ahead and go to the game in the first inning everybody leaves and nobody comes back until a proper contract is ratified.

swr was the best pitcher we had in September. he came in with a new pitch and he just did absolutely phenomenal did no one notice that? he had some injury time and he probably tried to pitch through it. a little lowering his era but this guy is top notch. as far as the fifth starter, I'm thinking they're going to pick Bradley. who has it been all that good but at the end of September he also was fantastic. Abel did as good as you can do against his old team. if that's how he's going to pitch in the future then have at it make him number five but he has no history of greatness like he did that game and neither does Bradley but Richardson has some great games. I'm thinking I'm going to want to try to be in front of the TV every time he gets on the mound. I find it to be an enormously entertaining and wonderful time, but most of you call me crazy. okay that's fine. since I live so far from Minnesota I look at the ticket prices except for this new $3 game thing and other stadiums being like this. also, everybody should boycott do not go my God $300 $900 to watch one baseball game anywhere is crazy.

Prielipp is having a really tough time staying on that mound for five or six innings or so meaning he just keeps getting injured. this looks more like a relief situation meaning you're not out there usually but one inning but maybe there could be a compromise and he could be a long reliever but a starter. I think his days are over for that. everything else said here was very good.

Abel

Very well said. they gave up a pretty good AAA guy for a catcher. Jackson who I understand doesn't hit very well and now they don't even need him.

what is the dipping a toe badge?

The talk of trades of any of us starting pitchers maybe they like it playing for Minnesota, but do you want to stay with a team that has such pitiful relief pictures. they could be in the lead by four or five runs in the 5th or sixth inning and they don't get a win that's going to happen all season. this is where the ownership knew they were selling off. any chance of a wedding season to pay off bills. this means they don't have the credibility to be owners. we are overgrown with outfielders but since no real good ones are left to sign. is it that somebody that needs an outfielder that could give up some relief fishing. they may not need so much? but the money is not going to be put up for it. nobody should show up the whole season really. I've been a follower of this organization since 1964. never seen anything this bad even when you consider the 103 lost season.